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   (2005.10.07)

Literally.

Metal control panel is labeled UNIPRESS and has LEAVE OFF AT ALL TIMES written in marker. Manufacturer’s brass-coloured plate reads THE UNIPRESS CO., INC. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA USA and lists many patent numbers
Orange-coloured metal hinged door has ELECTRIC SCHEMATIC and AIR SCHEMATIC diagrams on its inside. Inside the box above it sit a power plug and some cylinders
   (2005.10.04)

Google now employs two of the three severest standardistas roaming the earth

   (2005.10.04)

I live in the hood and I don’t know how to pronounce it. (Care? Car? Cur? Probably care.)

Sign reads Cherrynook Gardens 13 Kerr Road in hand-drawn blackletter
   (2005.10.04)

(Q.V.)

Green recycling bin is labeled ‘Yard Waste Only No Grass’ in the font known as Hobo
   (2005.10.03)

Is it harder to listen and read simultaneously?

   (2005.10.03)

Are headers an easy or difficult thing for blind people to understand?

   (2005.10.02)
Orange Jacobsen lawnmower is dappled with green grass clippings
   (2005.10.02)
Top of orange drinking fountain against blue wall, with sign reading Fountain

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